Improvement in fence-jacks



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PATENT AFFIE.

OYRUS LEWIS, OF-NELSON, OHIO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,421, dated November 6, 1866.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OYRUs LEWIS, of Nelson, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Jacks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specitcation, in which- Figure lis a side view of the jack. Fig. 2 is a top view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the views.

In the drawings, A represents the board or base to which is attached the apparatus for lifting, which will be referred to hereinafter. Firmly secured to this base are two upright pieces, B, placed a short distance apart. B are braces for the purpose of holding the pieces B secure and in place, thus preventing them from being pushed or broken down when the lever is in use.

C is the lever, which is pivoted between the pieces B, or has its fulcrnm at a, the ends of said lever extending past the pieces B, forming a long and short arm. On the end of the short arm is secured a piece of metal, b, the same width as the arm, extending a little beyond the end and then curving up, as shown in Fig. l. This will be referred to hereinafter.

D is a staple secured to the base in front of the pieces B. To this staple is fastened arod, D, which passes between the pieces B and extends up to the long arm of the lever, as shown, there being small pins o on the side of said arm on which the rod hooks, as repre-l sented.

In using thisjackgit is placed on the ground, the pins Z passing through the base into the ground. This holds it in place, and the two strips e extending from the under side of the base are to prevent the jack from being thrown forward as the long arm of the lever is being pressed down.

As before stated, the jack is placed on the ground near enough the fence to allow the metalen the short arm of the lever to come under the fence. The long arm of the lever is then pressed down, which forces the short arm up, the lever being pivoted, as stated, to the pieces B. The short arm, being under the fence when it is forced up, will raise the fence as desired. When this is done, and the fence is raised as high as necessary, the rod is hooked onto the pins c, which will prevent theweight of the fence from drawing theshort arm down. Thus it can be left. and stones can be placed under the fence or whatever may be desired, one person being all that is necessary in using this jack, when in the ordinary cases it requires two, one to hold the end of the lever and the other to place the stones or attend to the fence.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to' secure by Letters Patent., is-

The base A, pins d, pieces B, and rods D', as arranged, in combination with the lever O, in the manner and for the purpose as herein described.

OYRUS LEWIS.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN O. LEWIS, J.`H. BURRIDGE. 

